On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 15:59 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > > I still don't know what Linux is doing during boot that causes it to > > power the system off while Windows boots just fine. > > Do you use an encrypted drive? That's one thing that would require > intensive CPU to decrypt, and one thing that Windows probably isn't > doing. > > On my my older Fedora release, I do see something similar. When I boot > up, my laptop CPU rapidly gets *very* hot while just sitting there > waiting for me to enter the password to decrypt the drive. Dunno why > it's grinding its gears before it's actually doing the work. > > No, it's not just the fan running at full speed, uncontrolled, it is > venting out hot air. Usually, there's just a slightly warm breeze being > vented. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > read messages from the public lists. > > > I don't have an encrypted drive. But something is causing the fan to speed up right before it powers off. Paolo > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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